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Proper Eyes (Por sus propios ojos)
For her college thesis, film student Alicia (Ana Carabajal), along with her best friend Virginia (Mara Santucho), is making a documentary about the women in the lives of prisoners at a local jail. The only problem is no one is willing to be interviewed on camera. In comes Elsa (Luisa Núñez), a desperate woman, whose son, Luis (Maximiliano Gallo), has recently been arrested for a petty crime. Elsa will grant Alicia an interview, only if she visits Luis in jail. Alicia feels this is blackmail and tries to get out of it, but reluctantly agrees to Elsa's proposition. When Alicia's visits Luis in jail, her world collapses. More Information
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Alice's House (A Casa de Alice)
Chico Teixeira’s multi-award winning first feature about contemporary life in Brazil. As portrayed by the luminous Carla Ribas, Alice, a middle-aged manicurist living in Sao Paulo, has to overcome obstacles by the male dominated world she finds herself trapped in. Filled with profound insights about family, relationships, and trust, it is the most unlikely of Brazilian films. More Information
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The Prison And The Street
Cláudia is the oldest and most respected inmate at Madre Pelletier Penitentiary. The one who gives the orders and who protects. She protects young Daniela, for example, whose life is at risk because she is accused of having killed her own child. But Cláudia, like Betânia, is to leave the prison soon. Betânia feels the temptation of leaving the rules of the semi-open regime to one side, to live in freedom with a new love. More Information
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